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White & Case LLP

Course correction: The Supreme Court’s decision in El-Khouri and its impact on extraterritoriality in money laundering cases

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The UK Supreme Court has handed down its decision in El-Khouri (Appellant) v Government of the United States of America (Respondent). Amongst other things, the judgement has overturned the often-criticised Court of Appeal...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Second Circuit Rules That a Foreign Defendant Who Lives Abroad and Is Charged With Having Committed Crimes From Her Home Country...

In a significant decision, a panel of the Second Circuit recently held that a French citizen who was charged with violating the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) in connection with the LIBOR scandal, but who lives in France and...more

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France Rejects Poland’s Bad Faith Efforts to Extradite Art Dealer Alexander Khochinsky

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My client Alexander Khochinsky is safely back in the United States after an eight-month ordeal spurred by Poland’s retaliation for his assertion of restitution for his mother’s property lost in Poland during the Holocaust....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cross-Border Investigations Update - September 2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including a review of the first year of GDPR enforcement, analysis of...more

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Poland Renews Efforts to Extradite Art Dealer Alexander Khochinsky, Whose 2018 Lawsuit Seeks Damages for Poland’s Previous...

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Alexander Khochinsky, the son of a Polish Jew who fled her home just steps ahead of the German invasion in 1941, was detained at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport yesterday. The current detention parallels Poland’s previous...more

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Former Forex Trader Successfully Avoids Extradition From The UK Through Appeal To UK's High Court Of Justice

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On July 31, 2018, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division, rejected the United States (“U.S.”) government’s request to extradite a former FX trader and the former head of a bank’s foreign...more

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Alexander Khochinsky Files Suit Against Poland for Retaliation Related to WW II Property Claims

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(WASHINGTON, D.C.-June 27, 2018) Alexander Khochinsky, the son of a Polish Jew who fled her home just steps ahead of the German invasion in 1941, has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia...more

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Corruption in The Energy Sector: Criminal Fines, Civil Judgments, And Lost Arbitrations

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Synopsis - This article examines the anti-bribery legislation of three countries, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The legislation of the three countries is compared and virtually all the criminal...more

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